I honestly don’t know why my friends worship me. They laud me even though I don’t feel like I’m being a good friend to them. They praise my confidence and how far I’ve come. And the part about how far I’ve come is true – but it doesn’t feel like it sometimes. Especially when I…
Next month will be my 29th birthday, which means it will also be 10 years since I was first… trigger warning raped. I thought about doing something big to celebrate, but the logistics just didn’t seem to be working out. A handful of friends that I would have wanted to attend my birthday would be…